Alfredo E. Pascual

Alfredo E. Pascual
Pascual in 2023
36th Secretary of Trade and Industry
In office June 30, 2022 – August 2, 2024
President	Bongbong Marcos
Preceded by	Ramon Lopez
Succeeded by	Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque (Acting)
20th President of the University of the Philippines
In office February 10, 2011 – February 9, 2017
Preceded by	Emerlinda R. Roman
Succeeded by	Danilo Concepcion
Alumni Regent on the Board of the University of the Philippines Concurrently President of the U.P. Alumni Association
In office 2009–2011
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Espinosa Pascual (1948-07-07) July 7, 1948 (age 76)[1] Caloocan, Rizal, Philippines[1]
Spouse	Carmen Fernandez Martinez
Children	3
Alma mater	University of the Philippines Diliman (BS, MBA)
Occupation	Public Servant, University Administrator, Educator, Development Banker, Finance Professor, Corporate Governance Advocate

Alfredo "Fred" Espinosa PASCUAL (born July 7, 1948) is a Filipino international development banker and finance expert who served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from June 30, 2022 to August 1, 2024.^[2] He also served as the 20th President of the University of the Philippines (U.P.) System, from 2011 to 2017. He was a member of the U.P. Board of Regents, the university's highest policy-making and governing body, representing the alumni, just before he was elected as U.P. President.

At the time of his appointment as Secretary of Trade and Industry, he was the President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and an independent director of publicly-listed companies including SM Investments, Concepcion Industrial, and Megawide Construction. He was also a former chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Directors, a non-stock, non-profit organization established in 1999 to lead in the advocacy for good governance in the corporate sector of the Philippines.